First Great Train Robbery, The Page #4

---

With no servants to hold the lanterns.

He insists on going alone.

Perhaps he's just checking the contents.

No, he relies upon my stepmother

to stock and care for the cellar.

- Every man has his eccentricities.

- I suppose.

What are your eccentricities,

dear Edward?

Mine? I have none at all.

Well, one.

I am excessively preoccupied

with a certain lovely young lady.

Sir!

You're a bold rogue to be so forward.

I might even begin to suspect you

of some motive in your advances.

Never, my darling.

Oh, dear Edward.

I'm so happy.

And I am happy too.

He keeps the key

in the bloody wine cellar.

Good evening, madam.

May I be of service?

- Is this the household of Mr Jeffers?

- No, madam. Mr Jeffers' house...

Thank you, my good man.

It's only the wind.

Where do you think it could be?

Shut up!

Sorry.

John, would you check the cellar, please?

Yes, madam.

John?

- John? Where's John?

- I'm down here, sir.

- What are you doing down there?

- Madam felt she heard a noise...

Madam always feels she's heard a noise.

Come along now.

I need you to find my best pipe.

- It's misplaced again.

- Certainly, sir.

That was a close one.

Didn't do my heart any good, I'll say that.

Mind the light.

Here.

That's not the bloody key. See the rust?

Nobody's touched that betty in years.

It's odd, though. I've never seen

the likes of that before, small as it is.

Very delicate. It could be a lady's twirl

for some feminine trifle.

Watch the light!

It's not my fault you're having trouble.

It's your bloody idea, isn't it?

- Here.

- That's a key for a Chubb safe.

Let's see how fast you can wax.

Mind the light.

Bastard.

Beautiful, isn't it?

Brilliant.

What does this clause mean?

Never mind that.

What about that one over there?

In pink?

Wouldn't mind making a deposit

in that one, I dare say.

If she didn't provoke a hasty withdrawal.

Not on my account, I fancy.

Besides, she is Sir John Basington's minx

and accustomed to hasty withdrawals.

Quite without principle, don't you think?

But here now - I say!

Have you got my deposit account?

That's what I call a proper woman.

Which is to say, not proper at all.

She gives good value, long term or short.

You know her?

Where have you been keeping her,

Edward, you rogue?

She's a vision.

Not at all bad for a foreign woman.

I don't think she's your type.

She's precisely my type.

Will you make an introduction?

- Fowler.

- Trent.

Will you make an introduction?

Not here, of course.

What are you doing tonight?

Well, I had arranged to go to the theatre...

Come, come, my dear fellow.

Are we not friends?

More than that, Henry.

Much more.

- That's the plan, is it?

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes